From: Ed (mojoedd@bellsouth.net)
Date: Sat Jan 14 2006 - 10:18:14 PST
Thanks for the help Dan. I appreciate the information. I knew the source
from the Gentleman that I borrowed it from but not the name of the person
that originally said it.
Best Regards,
Ed
"Sirs, you have no reason to be ashamed of your Confederate dead; see
to it they have no reason to be ashamed of you"
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Maguire" <dmaguire@mchsi.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2006 10:59
Subject: Re: [MV] quote
> I'll jump in on this one - although I suppose that this is for Ed.
>
> The was said by Robert Lewis Dabney, a Confederate Chaplain (baptist, I
> believe), in 1868 to a group to young southerners (military cadets, I
> believe). I do *not* believe that he actually said "Confederate dead"
> but only "dead." The term Confederate was certainly implied but I am
> not so sure it should be inserted so liberally as I have seen.
>
> R. L. Dabney is an interesting person to read about and I actually find
> the quote memorable in terms of motivating troops. The quote may have
> some additional meaning to Southerner's, but of that I am not aware.
>
> BR,
> Dan
> Auburn, IN
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